Gimnàstic de Tarragona

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Full name

Club Gimnàstic
de Tarragona

Nickname(s)

Nàstic

Founded

1914

Ground

Nou Estadi,
Tarragona, Catalonia,
Spain
(Capacity 14,500)

Chairman

Xavier Salvadó

Manager

César Ferrando

League

Segunda División

2006-07

La Liga, 20th (relegated)





Home colours





Away colours

Gimnàstic de Tarragona is a Spanish Catalan sports club based in the city of Tarragona, Catalonia. Their football team will play the 2007/08 season in Segunda División after being relegated from the La Liga the previous season. Since 1972 they have played their home games at the Nou Estadi, which currently seats 14,500 spectators. The club was founded in 1886 and as result has been listed as one of the oldest football clubs in Spain [1]. However the club did not actually form a football team until 1914. Between 1947 and 1950 the club enjoyed a brief golden age and played three seasons in La Liga. Today the club also has teams competing in basketball, tennis, table tennis and futsal.

1 History
- 1.1 History of the club
- 1.2 Club Debut
2 Honours
- 2.1 League Seasons
3 Current squad
4 Recent history
5 Selected Players
6 Selected Coaches
7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] History of the club

The club was founded on March 1 1886 by a group of fifteen people who met at the Café del Centro on Rambla Nova. The majority of the clubs early members belonged to the upper middle classes and as the club name suggests, it was initially founded to promote gymnastics. Later the club members also began to organise fencing, hiking, boxing and cycling. In 1914 the club absorbed a local football club called Olympic and consequently formed its own football team. In January 1918 they made their debut as a football team in the Championat de Catalunya and by 1927 the club were champions of the B division.

[edit] Club Debut

In 1943/44 Gimnàstic made their debut in the Tercera División and in 1944/45 they were promoted to the Segunda División. In 1946/47 they finished second in the Segunda División and the following season they made their debut in La Liga. In 1947 they also reached the Copa del Generalísimo semi-final but lost to RCD Español. In the quarter finals they had beaten FC Barcelona. They finished their debut La Liga season in seventh place with the highlight of the season coming on January 11 1948 when they beat Real Madrid 3-1 at the Bernabéu. As a result they became the first team to beat Real at the Bernabéu and are still the only team to win there on their first visit. They played two further seasons in La Liga but were relegated in 1949/50 after losing a play-off to CD Alcoyano.

[edit] Honours

Catalonia Cup: 1
- 2007-08
Segunda División B Champions: 1
- 1996-97
Tercera División Champions: 7
- 1944-45, 1954-55, 1960-61, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1971-72, 1977-78
Championat de Catalunya B Champions: 1
- 1926-27
Segunda División B League Cup: 1
- 1983-84
Ciutat de Lleida Trophy: 1
- 2003

[edit] League Seasons

4 seasons on La Liga
13 seasons on Segunda División
22 seasons on Segunda División B
25 seasons on Tercera División

[edit] Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website:www.gimnasticdetarragona.com and www.lfp.es

As of 12 August 2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Rubén Pérez
2	MF	Alejandro Campano
3	DF	Mingo
4	DF	David García
5	MF	Abel Buades
6	MF	David Medina
7	DF	Oscar López
8	MF	Adrián González
9	FW	Miku
10	MF	Oscar Arpón
11	FW	Francisco Maldonado
12	MF	Antonio Calle
13	GK	Roberto Jiménez

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	David Sánchez
15	DF	Pedro Mairata
16	FW	Moisés García
17	DF	Federico Bessone
18	FW	Gorka de Carlos
19	DF	David Abraham
20	MF	Jandro
21	FW	Antonio Pinilla (captain)
22	MF	Antonio López
23	DF	Daniel Tortolero
24	MF	Oscar Rubio
25	MF	Mohammed Rabiu
31	MF	Papa Kouli Diop